War of Kings #1 [Peterson Cover]
(May 2009)

Marvel, 2009 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except semi-monthly in May
On-sale Date
2009-03-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606066131 00111
Printer
Printed in the USA
Editing
Bill Rosemann (credited) (editor); Michael Horwitz (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Both the Peterson and Lim covers have the same UPC.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

War of Kings / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brandon Peterson (credited, signed)
Inks
Brandon Peterson (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blastaar; Darkhawk [Chris Powell]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Crystal]; Gladiator [Kallark]; Emperor Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]; Lilandra Neremani
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Asunder (Table of Contents: 1)

War of Kings / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Abnett (credited); Andy Lanning (credited)
Pencils
Paul Pelletier (credited)
Inks
Rick Magyar (credited)
Colors
Wil Quintana (credited)
Letters
Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Joe Caramagna)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Inhumans [Black Bolt; Crystal; Gorgon; Karnak; Maximus; Medusa; Triton; Ahura; Lockjaw; Luna]; Ronan the Accuser; The Kree; Kree Sentries; Starjammers [Ch'od; Cr+eee; Havok [Alex Summers]; Korvus Rook'Shir; Lilandra Neremani; Marvel Girl [Rachel Grey]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]]; Emperor Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]; Admiral Ka'Ardum; The Shi'ar; The Imperial Guard [Gladiator [Kallark]; Manta; Mentor; Neutron; Nightside; Plutonia; Smasher [Salac Tuur] (first appearance; death); Squorm; Starbolt; Titan; White Noise]
Synopsis
Vulcan and the Shi'ar attack the Inhumans right in the middle of the wedding of Crystal and Ronan the Accuser.
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War of Kings [Checklist] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

War of Kings / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    War of Kings
  2. 1. Asunder
    War of Kings
  3. 2. War of Kings [Checklist]
    War of Kings
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